Machine for twisting waxed ends



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL H. HOVEY, OF KILBORN, OHIO.

MACHINE FOR TWISTING WAXED ENDS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 9,817, dated J' une 28, 1853.

To au whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL H. Hover, of Kilborn, in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Impr'oved Machine for Making Saddlers or Shoemakers lVaxed Ends; and I do hereby declare that the following is ay full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this speciiicat-ion, Figure l being a plan of the machine; Fig. 2, an end elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a section of a part detached, and

Fig. el, section of the same part in a different position.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

A table, or frame- A, is constructed, of the proper form and dimensions, near one end of which, supported by suitable standards, is situated a wheel B, made to turn by a. crank C. Not far beneath said wheel, and having their bearings in its standards, is situated a series of rollers c, c, &c., having conical apertures through their centers, which are all arranged in an arc concentric, or nearly so, with the wheel. A band a, passes around the wheel and said rollers, so that, by vturning the wheel, they will all revolve at the same time, and in the same direction. Into the conical aperture of each of said rollers fits a` core Z), of similar' shape on its outside, and having a small hole through its center. In one side of each core is formed a. notch, extending into the central aperture at the small end thereof, within which is secured a small spring c, so arranged that, when the core is driven tightly into its roller, (as shown in Fig. 4,) it will close the aperture of said core; but when thel core is drawn partially out from its rollers, (as shown in Fig. 3,) the spring will recede from the center and leave the central aperture open. A neck is formed on the large, or projecting end of each core, around which the collar of a lever d, fits loosely, so that the core will readily turn therein. One end of each lever is hinged or attached to the table, leaving the other end'thereof to vibrate freely. There are to be as many of said rollers and cores as there are required to be of strands in any waxed-end, a single one passing through each core. Vhen a waxed-end is to be made, all the cores b, b,

&c., are to be loosed from their rollers by pressing the levers cZ, CZ, &c., away therefrom. The threads being all thereby loosened in said cores, the operator takes hold of as many as he desires for making his waxedend, and draws them through to the required length. Then he presses the cores containing said threads tightly into their rollers, leaving the other cores, if there are any, detached from their rollers. The closed cores are thus coupled to their rollers, and their threads held fast within them. The operator then turns the wheel B, around a few times in the proper direction, and thereby revolves the cores and untwists their threads, the loosed cores in the meantime remaining undisturbed. The threads are then readily broken, and a good extremity formed for receiving the bristle.

In order to twist the end, I employ two small revolving rollers f, secured in bearings on another part of the table, which are driven by turning a wheel D, connected wit-h said rollers by a band it. On one end o-f each roller is secured a hook c', formed as represented in Fig. l. Into these hooks respectively are placed the extremities of the waxed-ends, the middle thereof passing around a knob g, on a slider E, which is drawn away with a slight force and keeps the end straight, by means of a weight and line beneath, or other convenient means. By turning the wheel D, the end is speedily twisted.

Having thus fully described my improved machine for making waxed ends, what I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the revolving rollers, or tubes, c, c, &c. conical coupling cores b, b, &c. the spring tighteners c c, &c., with the detaching levers CZ, (Z, &c., arranged and operated substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

The above specification of my improved machine for making saddlers or shoemakers threads or ends signed this 19th day of March 1853.

DANIEL H. HOVEY.

Witnesses E. DUNHAM, H. MGMASTER. 

